Who will make the TV and films of the future? Netflix, Amazon and YouTube already are doing it, says Andrew Billen

Viewers of the American remake of the Nineties BBC series House of Cards
may have noticed a subterranean message in the political drama, a niggling
suggestion that the net is the future and that the old technologies are not
just old but expiring. It is not simply that, in order to watch the drama,
you have to subscribe to an internet service called Netflix and then view
episodes by PC, tablet, smartphone or internet-connected television. Examine
one of the subplots: the Machiavellian Congressman played by Kevin Spacey
persuades his pliable journalist confidante to quit her job, reject offers
from network